Educating the public, one git at a time

[mme_hardy]

Cheerful Uber driver, picking me up: "Have you had your ten thousand steps today?"
Me: "I'm disabled."
Him: "But you still need to exercise!"

Turns out he was a newly-certified personal trainer. I commented that as the disability came on, I'd been very grateful for a trainer who knew my limitations.

Cheerful driver: "You still need to do perfect reps! Just at 75% intensity!"

Very glad he's not *my* trainer.

Comments

[cofax7]

::facepalm::

[movingfinger]

Whatever happened to "Don't make personal remarks"?

[mme_hardy]

Uber drivers are supposed to be (ugh) personable.

[rachelmanija]

I had an Uber driver tell me about his dead pet frog. I mean, that his pet frog had died, not that he had a zombie frog.

I am so used to being a magnet for people telling me bizarre stuff that it never occurred to me that he might have been attempting to follow company rules.

[thistleingrey]

Zombie frog would've been more worth the listening, alas.

[clanwilliam]

Fuck that fucking shitty insenstive fuckwit.

[caulkhead]

You were a lot politer than I would have managed to be.

[recessional]

This.

[mme_hardy]

I tend not to get thoroughly angry until ten minutes later. Also, I'm Midwestern. We're nice.

[edenfalling]

What a twit.

[mme_hardy]

Thank you. My own sentiments exactly.

Someday, young man, you will have your first physical limitation. It will come as a shock, I imagine.

[thistleingrey]

I've said that to someone, actually (minus "young man," which I can't get away with yet). I have only West Coast levels of politeness, so I burn through it a bit more quickly than people from other parts of the US....

[commodorified]

*angry cat hissing*

[staranise]

I fell like carrying this comic around and saying DO YOU KNOW HOW RIDICULOUS YOU SOUND?

[mme_hardy]

HEE! I needed that.

[kore]

WHAT A JERK

....ha, my impulse in that kind of situation is to lie and go "Oh sure!" just to keep people from lecturing me.

[rachelmanija]

Well, he'll be a crappy trainer. Hopefully his clients will quit before he actually hurts someone. I was so relieved to get a physical therapist so I could ask stuff like, "Is it safe for me to do this?" and trust their answer.

[mme_hardy]

I took him as the sort of aggressively physically fit person who doesn't understand why everybody else isn't physically fit. Good teachers can imagine themselves into the position of the student.

[adrian_turtle]

I'm glad you handed him a clue. Even if he didn't seem to accept it, they do pile up over time.

Well, he'll be a crappy trainer. Hopefully his clients will quit before he actually hurts someone.

I really hope so. It's scary how much damage a bad trainer can do, especially when somebody is starting with an injury or a disability. I've had so many physical therapists who gave me damaging answers when I asked "Is it safe for me to do this?" that I won't trust any of them anymore.

[lilysea]

Oh, ye fishes and little gods. :(

I once had a bank security guard tell me to put a comfrey poultice on my osteoarthritis knee (!)

I was stuck sitting on the bench outside the bank, waiting for my friend to bring the car round to get me, and I figured it was better to just smile and nod rather than tell him how extremely wrong he was, seeing as the security guard was wearing a gun.

[muccamukk]

Can you give uber drivers bad reviews? You should give him a bad review.

[mme_hardy]

You can, but I was only *just* able to make myself leave a bad review for the lady who (A) took 15 minutes to get to my house, which required my dictating to her, by voice, where she was and how to get there, and eventually standing in the middle of the road waving and (B) nearly ran a red light until I stopped her -- she said that the light one down had gone green, which was true but irrelevant -- and (C) nearly missed the turn for the Department of Motor Vehicles (which is very clearly marked) until I stopped her.

The only reason I was eventually able to leave a bad review was by reminding myself that she had endangered me and would no doubt be endangering other people.

[ironed_orchid]

Ridiculous clueless wanker.

[sabotabby]

Christ, what an asshole.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

My exact response.

[pameladean]

Yikes. It is to be hoped that his unbridled enthusiasm will level out a bit and be directed more appropriately.

P.

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

I've heard that slapping Uber drivers is great for burning those calories.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

He's not really suited for a customer-facing job.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

Some people really like that kind of aggressive cheer from trainers: see almost any exercise tape.

I would not be on that list.

[irontongue.livejournal.com]

Grrr aaargh is exactly the right tag. Want to smack him.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

You may get the chance; he's applying for a job very near you.

[irontongue.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha.

[madrobins]

Jesus Christ in a chicken basket. Really?

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

I am totally stealing that swear.

[mme-hardy.livejournal.com]

I seem to have forgotten to mention that as he neared the top of the hill on which I live, he said "Wow, this really IS too far for you to walk."

Dude, I hired you to drive me, not to judge whether I needed to be driven.